Fond du Lac police have arrested a person of interest in connection with a shooting incident at a Fond du Lac tavern. The shooting at Kings and Queens Tavern on Military Road in March seriously injured on person. Detectives developed a person of interest and assistant police chief Steve Klein says that individual, who is not from the city of Fond du Lac, has been taken into custody on a probation hold. Klein […]
A Fond du Lac woman has been charged in connection with the drug overdose death of a Fond du Lac man. Thirty four year old Amber Schuster is charged with one count of party to the crime of first degree reckless homicide. She is accused of providing fentanyl that led to the death of a man at a Cottage Avenue residence in Fond du Lac.
A brief burst of heavy snowfall blanketed parts of southeast Wisconsin on Wednesday, causing slick roads and near white out conditions in some areas. The Wisconsin State Patrol said there were multiple crashes along I-41 in Washington and Dodge Counties Wednesday afternoon. Moderate to heavy snow squalls, mixed with graupel (snow pellets) are expected to continue to impact southeast Wisconsin into the early evening.
There is a changing of the guard on the Fond du Lac city council. At Tuesday night’s organizational meeting Kay Miller was elected council president and newcomer Patrick Mullen was elected council vice president. Mullen, Tiffany Brault and Keith Heisler were sworn into office. They swept to victory in the spring election running on a platform opposed to an alternate Lakeside Park master plan that includes building a restaurant at the park.
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers released the following statement on the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. “There’s no verdict that can bring peace to loved ones when someone is taken from them. My heart and thoughts are with George Floyd’s family, his loved ones, and the entire community. “While this is a moment of accountability in our justice system and our country, we are reminded that justice for Black lives is […]
The Dodge County Sheriff says he’s not sure why an elderly woman failed to stop at a stop sign at a county highway intersection over the weekend before her vehicle was broadsided by a straight truck. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the intersection of County Highways A and C has been the scene of similar crashes over the years. It's one of those intersections we have in the county that we always scratch […]
The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says as the economy gains strength across the state and country there are signs of a rebound in Fond du Lac County. Sadie Parafiniuk says local businesses have noted an uptick in consumer spending. Parafiniuk says as more people get vaccinated they are feeling more comfortable eating out at restaurants and shopping.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says Wisconsin schools will receive more than $175 million in federal funding to pay for school-based COVID-19 testing for teachers, students and staff. The money announced Tuesday is coming to Wisconsin as part of $10 billion the U.S. Department of Health Services announced in March it was targeting to help schools reopen across the country. The tests would be voluntary. Concerns about new […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A court-ordered monitor says Wisconsin’s juvenile prisons have made a “vast improvement” in meeting court-ordered changes and in overall atmosphere since December. The positive report filed Tuesday from the court-ordered monitor Teresa Abreau was based on a March visit to the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls. It came after a report on her December visit detailed worsening conditions. The monitor […]